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The 500 Hidden ...

New and fully updated edition 2022

The 500 Hidden Secrets of Paris reveals 500 off-the-beaten- track places and interesting details for anyone who’s keen to explore Paris’ best-kept secrets, e.g.

• The 5 best vintage markets

• 5 beautiful artist studios

• The 5 best workplaces for freelancers

• 5 cool clubs to party after midnight

• 5 speciality shops Parisians can’t live without ... and much more.

The 500 Hidden Secrets is a series of essential city guides. Every guide

• is...

"Ik maak maar één goed voornemen voor dit jaar: zintuiglijker in het leven staan. Kleiner kijken, dichter luisteren, opener ruiken, dieper voelen, aandachtiger proeven. Ik zeg niet dat mijn leven sindsdien een feest is maar het heeft nu wel meer minifeestjes. Dagelijkse kleine feestjes, soms duren ze maar even maar ze maken elke dag mooier en je hoeft er niet voor naar de andere kant van de wereld te reizen. Trek je voordeur open: hier begint de natuur.”

De inzet van 'Hier begint de natu...

New & fully updated edition 2023

The 500 Hidden Secrets of Rome reveals 500 off-the-beaten track places and interesting details for anyone who’s keen to explore the city’s best-kept secrets, such as

• The 5 favourite osterie to eat among locals

• 5 places to see fascist-era architecture

• 5 ancient games to discover

• 5 hidden sundials or meridians

• The 5 most charming artists’ houses

… and much more.

The 500 Hidden Secrets is a series of essential city guides.

Every guide,...

New & fully updated edition 2023

The 500 Hidden Secrets of Rotterdam reveals 500 off-the-beaten-track places and interesting details for anyone who’s keen to explore Rotterdam’s best-kept secrets, such as the 5 best places to enjoy Surinamese food, 5 pieces of world class art in public spaces, the 5 most stunning plant shops, the 5 most characteristic neighbourhoods … and much more.

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he 500 Hidden Secrets is a series of essential city guides.

Every guide is written by a savvy local, co...

After years of experience in education, research, design and policy, Professor Marcel Smets, former Flemish Government Architect, compiles his insights on the city and urban design in a personal booklet.

In his search for the foundations of urban design, Marcel Smets puts forward thirty complementary pairs of concepts. He starts from archetypal settlement forms (ribbon and cluster, ladder and star), typifies morphological categories (street and road, island and archipelago) and highlights ch...

A new and fully updated edition, 2022.

The 500 Hidden Secrets of Lisbon reveals 500 off-the-beaten-track places and interesting details for anyone who's keen to explore Lisbon's best-kept secrets, e.g.

• The 5 best restaurants for petiscos

• 5 beautiful bars from another time

• 5 places to enjoy the river

• 5 addresses to see azulejos tiles

•... and much more.

The 500 Hidden Secrets is a series of essential city guides.

Every guide

• is written by a savvy local

• only contains i...

In 'Het heden van het koloniaal verleden' zijn de koloniale sporen in Brussel - in de vorm van standbeelden, pleinen, straatnamen, monumenten, gebouwen en instellingen - het vertrek­punt van waaruit auteur Nicholas Lewis de Belgische kolonisatie van Congo in duikt. Aan de hand van een kritische analyse van de echte betekenis die achter de blijvende aanwezigheid van deze koloniale tekens schuilgaat, toont hij aan hoe België een fundamenteel racistisch land blijft, in niet geringe mate ook al...

- New fully updated edition May 2022 -

The 500 Hidden Secrets of Venice reveals 500 off-the-beaten- track places and interesting details for anyone who’s keen to explore Venice’s best-kept secrets, such as 5 restaurants tourists will never ever find, 5 places to admire Carlo Scarpa’s work, 5 fun open-air markets, 5 convents where you can spend the night, 5 things to do when it rains ... and much more

While ANNA SARDI originally hails from the Veneto, she is a Venetian by passion. An arc...